CityLift employees
vote to authorize strike if needed

"By a near unanimous vote, the union employees of CityLift, the paratransit service of CityLink, have voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations falter.

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 416 voted 37-1 for the authorization, Local 416 President Ron Cox said after the vote. He said it was only the third time in 27 years as the union president that he’s held such a vote.

“We hope this gets management to realize that the employees are serious. They are not playing around and they want a good contract for the service that they do,” Cox said."